4.9

CVE-2025-12496: dylanjkotze zephyr_project_manager Path Traversal

CVSS: 4.9v3.1MediumDeferred
Published 17-12-2025Last modified 08-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-12496 is a medium (CVSS 4.9) Path Traversal vulnerability in dylanjkotze zephyr_project_manager. EPSS estimates a 0.69% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.9/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.69%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 17-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Zephyr Project Manager plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 3.3.203 via the `file` parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Custom-level access and above, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. On a servers that have `allow_url_fopen` enabled, this issue allows for Server-Side Request Forgery

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.69%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

52%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.69% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.69%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Dylanjkotze1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • zephyr-project-manager≤ 3.3.203 (fixed in 3.3.204)

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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